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  1. Buy a load of plugs from Bunnings and just re-wire them yourself. If you can use a screwdriver, you can DIY it. Go to the local Department of Transport office, and fill in a form. You'll then get an Aus equivilent. Loans can be got, but it's usually at an awful APR. Buy something cheap for cash, wait till you have some payslips and then get a trade in for something better.
  2. At least the "big 4" didn't need taxpayer funded bailouts to the extent that Lloyds and RBS took. We also have accounts that pay interest .. unlike the token gesture you get from the UK banks.
  3. Higher risk (of theft and accidents). It's also not just the value of the car, but the cost of the damage you can do per accident. Still well under $1000 for insurance out west (if you bother).
  4. Both sides of the political coin ignoring peoples genuine concerns, and then those concerns becoming more and more common? Then enough people have 'had enough' of being ignored and then reach for the only person listening? I can't stand the woman, but had the main political parties listened - instead of ignoring the voices in the first place, and dealing with concerns of people, she'd have never have got the backing to get where she is.
  5. So non-Australians, not in Australia, in a detainment center .. okay.
  6. It must be very rusty. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments#Traditions_for_numbering It's not in there. But not working on a Sunday is right in the middle. Shame 'god' had to have 3 dedicated to himself, or he could have squeezed 'don't rape kids' in there.
  7. I would honestly love to see it fail. Economically it seems to be happening.
  8. The US is awful for what it does. For the "Land of the Free", it has more people in prison per-capita than any other "Free" country. But it's not throwing gays off buildings, or beheading unbelievers. Israel I'd not class as Western. It's in the middle east, with all the religious problems that brings. Only propped up because of the US. Really needs it's funding stopped, and to stand on it's own. Same with Saudi, another awful country that's too big for it's boots because of the US. Australia, we don't have any concentration camps. We are not Nazi Germany. We are not gassing minorities. And your idea of Christian values are a bit rose tinted. The Bible is full of awful things to justify what ever atrocities you want. "But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.”
  9. And then there are parts ignored by the majority of the press, have a watch of this :- There is a massive culture gap, that can't carry on. And it shouldn't be the West moving towards them, we should continue to move further away and it's up to them to catch up.
  10. I'm not sure there are many other dogma's, and most things can be countered with facts and evidence. "Because my god said so" is a massive hurdle to get over for the hard of thinking. Morality is a social construct, and differs to where you are. Your sister posting on instagram - it's your moral obligation to kill her in some backwards places, again because of a book. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/16/pakistani-social-media-star-murdered-by-her-brother-in-apparent/ I'd suggest that the west has a good handle on morality and humanity. Okay, there can always be improvements, but we are at least moving (and in the right direction).
  11. I personally would like to see no more Muslims in Australia. Either imported or home grown. And I'll throw in Christians, Jews, Hindus and all religions in with that. We are a small growing nation, we shouldn't be held back by religious dogma and two tousand year old goat-herder stories. A new mosque offends me as much as a new church. We are not a 'Christian' nation, we are 'culturally Christian' in that we have a day off at Easter and Xmas, just like the rest of the western world. The issue I can see, is it's easier to integrate into Australia as a Christian than a Muslim. But I wish both would leave their religious baggage behind when they get on the plane.
  12. Usually when new functionality is released, and they set it to the default. But the core settings don't change. But it's simple to not get hacked. If "Bob" asks to be friends, but you thought you already were, pick up the phone and call "Bob". (or, check the wall history, usually there will only be posts from seconds ago, with no history - the same goes for the "win tickets from Qantas" BS that happens. No history = new account). Either it's them and accept, or it's not and use the report function and FB will stopp the process immediatly. FB will just delete the profile, stopping others getting tricked too.
  13. You accepted a FB request from a hacker, basically. Then, as a 'friend' you have opened everything up to them for them to copy, and then (re)send more friend requests to everyone in your friends lists. They'll then bulk message everyone saying that 'you' are in financial difficulty, and need money. What you should do, is when sent a request from someone already in your friends list, is make sure it's them before accepting. You can also flag the account as a scam, and FB will take it down in minutes.
  14. Which Aboriginal Country in particular? They had 100's, and I'd suggest that most are exactly the same as they were 300 years ago.
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